I.                  Core Curriculum Requirements:

II.                 Departmental Foreign Language Requirements:

BA – 12 hours same foreign language
BS – 6 hours same foreign language

III.               Requirements for Major in Criminal Justice:

GOV 2213   Introduction to Criminal Justice
GOV 3243   Criminal Law
GOV 4073   Constitutional Law: Government Structure
GOV 4083   Constitutional Law: Individual Rights OR GOV  4903 Constitutional Rights and Criminal Justice
SOCI 2133   Crime in America
SOCI 3003   Theories of Crime and Deviance
SOCI 3043   Deviant Behavior and Social Control
SOCI 3053   Social Research

Plus 15 hours from the list below of which 9 must be advanced:

GOV 2223   Criminal Investigation
GOV 3153    Legal Environment
GOV 3233   Police Policies and Practices
GOV 3253   Criminal Evidence and Procedure
GOV 3333   Urban Government
GOV 4113   Public Administration
GOV 4133   Women in Leadership
GOV 4143   Drug Law and Policy
GOV 4433   Family Law
HIST 3213   History of Law and Justice
SOCI 3063   Urban Sociology
SOCI 3113   Juvenile Delinquency
SOCI 4023   Sexualities and Identities
SOCI 4303   Correctional Systems and Practices

IV.              Electives as necessary to total 120 hours of which 36 must be advanced.  Students are encouraged to select internship credit as part of the electives

The following courses are designed to fulfill core curriculum requirements:

SOCI 1013 should be taken for Social and Behavioral Sciences
SOCI 3093 should be taken for Multicultural Studies
Three hours of Literature should be taken for Humanities

With approval of advisor, a student may substitute three hours of statistics, economics, or three additional hours of language.

NOTE:  No grade lower than C can be counted as credit toward completion of a major or minor in Criminal Justice.